BILL NUMBER: SJR 8	CHAPTERED  07/16/99

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   66
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 16, 1999
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   JULY 8, 1999
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 30, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 29, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Solis
   (Principal coauthors:  Assembly Members Calderon and Margett)
   (Coauthor:  Senator Escutia)
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Gallegos and Scott)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 1999

   Senate Joint Resolution No. 8--Relative to the Main San Gabriel
Groundwater Basin.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SJR 8, Solis.  Main San Gabriel Groundwater Basin.
   This measure would memorialize the President and Congress to enact
legislation to make available necessary funds to implement
groundwater remediation in the Main San Gabriel Groundwater Basin.




   WHEREAS, The Main San Gabriel Groundwater Basin is the principal
source of drinking water for approximately 1.4 million people who
live in southern California; and
   WHEREAS, The economy of the San Gabriel Valley is dependent upon
the availability of a safe, reliable source of water for the
residents and businesses in the region; and
   WHEREAS, The groundwater supply in the Main San Gabriel
Groundwater Basin is contaminated by both volatile organic compounds
and inorganic chemicals, including perchlorate, that can be dangerous
to human health; and
   WHEREAS, The presence of perchlorate contamination is directly
associated with the production of solid rocket fuels and explosives
related to the defense and national security of the United States of
America; and
   WHEREAS, The contaminated groundwater in the Main San Gabriel
Groundwater Basin is now spreading toward Los Angeles County's
Central Groundwater Basin; and
   WHEREAS, The spreading of contaminated groundwater into the
massive Central Groundwater Basin will adversely affect the drinking
water of over half of Los Angeles County; and
   WHEREAS, The health and economy of the entire southern California
region may be devastated by the continued presence and possible
spreading of contaminated groundwater; and
   WHEREAS, Perchlorate contamination of drinking water is a serious
health-related problem in other areas of the United States outside
southern California; and
   WHEREAS, The application of treatment technology in the Main San
Gabriel Groundwater Basin may be used as a model for areas in the
United States with similar contamination problems; and
   WHEREAS, All stakeholders affected by the contaminated groundwater
have joined together to support a comprehensive plan to treat the
contaminated groundwater and reclaim the Main San Gabriel Groundwater
Basin for the storage of a safe, reliable drinking water source;
now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate and Assembly of the State of California,
jointly, That the Legislature respectfully memorializes the President
and Congress of the United States to enact legislation to make
available necessary funds to implement groundwater remediation in the
Main San Gabriel Groundwater Basin; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the President and Vice President, to the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, the majority leader of the Senate, and
each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of
the United States.
